badger

/ˈbædʒə/ · noun

Meaning

Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
A brush made of badger hair.
(in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
To pass gas; to fart.
An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

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